Another tutorial Theres a lot of text but I tried to make my system as clear as possible. As usual you can copy or use any of these drawings freely, but be sure to read the tut as well! As I recommend in it to ref from photos or real life over other people who might have made mistakes (not me of course, as I never make mistakes) (lol). Enjoy!

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Given 2008-07-14

Hand tutorial by =alexds1 is not only a very handy (hah) and humorous tutorial,but very simple, easy-to-follow and will help anyone having difficulty in drawings hands.This is just one of many tutorials in her gallery.
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What do you mean? Going into detail is extremely helpful. Some people really need the help, especially if they aren't familiar with drawing hands. I bet if he had 5 word examples, you would still complain.

Hey there! I've returned a number of times to this tutorial, and it's certainly helped, and I wanna step up my ability to draw hands and feet. So I'm just wondering if you have any recommendations for practicing? Are there any practices or exercises that you find works? Aside from drawing a ton of hands (which isn't a problem but I'm curious about different approaches too). Thanks for your time and for sharing with us!

Try looking at a skeleton hand, like, google for a pic! You can even take a marker and try and draw the skeleton on your skin a) it's fun, b) you'll figure out that the fingers attach in a way that makes a lot of sense, mechanically. The meat around the skeleton is details; if you don't know what the underlying structure is then all your hands will just be guesswork. Once you have the skeleton down, you can look at the muscles and after that, hands will no longer be a mystery at all

I could say thank you probably a million times and it wouldn't be enough. I am an artist struggling so much with hands and you just saved me so much, I made quite an awesome hand just now.I'm amazed I finally did it THANK YOU

I don't have a tut for that in particular, but here are some tips... note how the fingers interact in relation to each other. Are the pressed together, slightly apart? Note the curve of the fingers. Are they really curled? tense? straight? etc. Note where the thumb is and what it's doing, and what angle it's at (I use the thumbnail as a guide to tell).

But overall, the very best way to draw any kind of hand/ pose is simply to make it yourself, with your own body... really depends on the character! If they're modeling clothes, maybe the hand should be hanging naturally. But if someone is in a determined way, maybe their hand pose has more energy to it. It's fun to do your own acting, and really teaches you how to look at the way you draw